Former US diplomat Christopher Hill, a man whose views normally make me cringe – he was ambassador to Iraq, special envoy to Kosovo and a Dayton negotiator – has observed these dangers. "Instant access to information does not mean instant access to knowledge, much less wisdom," he wrote recently. "In the past, information was integrated with experience. Today, it is integrated with emotion... Digital technology has played an important role "in fostering this atmosphere of bad manners, vicious personal attacks, intolerance, disprespect... Bullying has gone virtual".
---SPSmith
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